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I Asked a Financial Advisor How to Build Wealth (ep 1)

– I love talking about money, and I've been doing it for years. Young Joanna at 17 years old, man, she was doing everything she could to be financially independent
and get rid of debt 'cause bad credit ain't cute! Funny, I was never good at math,
but I'm not bad with money! Feel that counting twice (giggles). In this video, I'm gonna break it down! This is the story of entrepreneurship. This is the American dream story. This is the art of turning
nothing into something and that something is tangible, which is this house that I'm living in. Because it's not really just about money. I always saw money as
my ticket to freedom. As my ability to travel the world. Spend time with friends, family. Treat people I love well. Treat myself well. Spend time learning languages
or building businesses. Money to me was always the gateway to the life I have always wanted to live. But the problem? If your family has money, you
will be educated about money and therefore you will make
better financial decisions.

That is not the case for somebody like me. As an immigrant, my mom was
too busy trying to survive, so thriving was never an option. So now I'm on a mission to educate myself, to give myself and everyone
watching these videos a fighting chance at
closing the wealth gap. They don't teach you this
in school for a reason. I've partnered with Hightower Advisors to bring you a mini-series where I, Jo Franco, go into the process of actually working with
a financial advisor. And I gotta keep it real.

As somebody who's bought my house in cash, bought my car in cash, and read as many books
and watched as many videos and listened to as many podcasts to start investing my own
money, I was a little skeptical. How would the advisor take me
from kitty pool money language to big boy swimming in the deep end? And that's what we're gonna figure out. – Cue the intro, sis! ♪ You know she's not your average Jo ♪ ♪ Not your average Jo ♪ ♪ Not your average Jo ♪ Really, when we're talking about money, we're talking about freedom to choose how to spend this time
that we have on Earth and how we're gonna set up the rest of our generational wealth.

Many of the people in my
life are people just like me. They are the first ones in their families to acquire good jobs and good
pensions and good savings, and we are a little lost. Here's the good news. We are living in the age of knowledge, which means that there's
more information out there about financial literacy. – [Bob] You ask these people,
these young investors, who they listen to for
advice on investing? It's the internet. It's YouTube. – Statistically speaking,
it's never been easier to learn about money and
get yourself in the market. Back in the day, there
were all these gatekeepers, trades were really expensive, and it was something
reserved for the elite. But now with robo investment apps and all of these different softwares, you can put your money
in the market today. – Because there's a difference
between financial access and financial literacy. And so you're right, we're in a world of
amazing financial access. You can go buy some Netflix,
you can go buy some Amazon because, guess what, you don't don't even have
to buy a share of it.

You can buy a fractional share of it. – That was Bob Oros. He's the CEO and Chairman
of Hightower Advisors, which is a wealth management company. And their motto is to
build financial well-th, as in W-E-L-L-TH, for their clients because they believe
that money is not just to make someone rich, it's to help them live a richer life. – The literacy to know how to use it and how to really put
fundamental lessons in place using that access is where we're missing. We're in a world now that
there's an app for everything. – But the truth is that
we can get caught up in a lot of hypes and we're not learning how to
nutritiously handle our money.

Because the thing about money is that you're planting
seeds for your future, so yourself today is paying it
forward for your future self, so you have to think with the
wisdom of your older version, and that's a lot of reverse engineering, especially if you're doing
things with a million tabs open and DIY the way I've been doing it. – That is a huge issue for our country, is really a lack of literacy 'cause they don't teach a lot
of this in school anymore. – And Bob would know 'cause
he manages a lot of money. – To put it in perspective,
we manage over $140 billion, so it's a lot more zeros than I probably couldn't
even conceptualize at times.

But we've always tried to be the anti-Wall Street Wall Street firm. – When I told him what I do, that I make videos learning things, he wanted to give me the experience of working with an advisor
so that I would learn not only how to set myself up for success, but be able to share
this process with you. – So yes, we're in financial services and, yes, there are some
bad actors in the industry who call themselves financial advisors. And I think part of the complexity is it's easy to give yourself a title and it really comes down to
what role are you playing on behalf of the people you serve? And we are in a business where
our advisors are fiduciaries.

They are legally obligated
to act in your best interest, not when it's convenient, at all times. – And I was like, "Bob, sign me up" because from personal experience I know that if you don't have
your finances in order, you can't be taking those trips, you can't take those holidays, you can't treat your family and friends with things that they want or that you want to treat them with. It's hard to make choices when you don't have
control over your finances, and this shouldn't be something that's only reserved for the wealthy.

– Not all financial advisors are bad. Most are good and really are excited for
you to tell that story. – This statistic blew my mind. There's a statistic that
came out a couple years ago that says people are more concerned about running out of money
than they are about dying. And I was like, "whoa,
okay, we gotta fix this!" – Because I like to keep it real, I needed to get the
elephant out of the room. What is the difference between working with a financial planner versus doing it DIY? And part two of that question is do you need a certain amount of money in your account or investments to even find it valuable to you? – It's a really good question
because the great thing now is that there's so many free tools online to really get started, but it really depends on how
dedicated someone is gonna be to managing their own investments. Part of my job is to come and
meet people where they are and say, "okay, where you are right now, the flat fee approach
makes sense to you for you" or "if going forward
you get to this level, or this is what you want to implement, then the sort of full-service approach makes a little bit more sense" because there are great websites that allow with FinTech and
with all of these resources, you can do it yourself.

It's just you have to really be dedicated to holding your tax person accountable, holding your attorney accountable, making sure you're checking
in on your investments on a regular basis to
make sure they make sense. – When do you say
somebody should be looking for a financial advisor, even if they don't come
from that money background? – And this is not self-serving,
as soon as possible. And I mean that because
there's so much power in starting out doing it right. Meaning having someone who
can help you understand how do you save effectively? How do you pay down that student debt that so many young people
are carrying with them? How do you take advantage of a 401K if you happen to be in the
workforce working for a company? And these are all lessons
that if you do things well when you're 22, 23, 24,
the power that's created, and especially the power
of compounding, it is real.

– Compounding, do not forget this word. So basically compounding is
when your assets' earnings, whether that's interest or capital gains, then get calculated back into your capital and therefore you're making
interest, or capital gains, on top of not only the principle, AKA what you first invested,
but what it yielded. So the key to compounding is time and guess who has all the time to take advantage of compounding? Young people! So the sooner you get started in managing your money and investing it, the better you are. – It's hard if you wait till you're 40 and then say, "oh, now
I'm ready for an advisor." You've just missed a
huge part of your life and a huge window. So I believe get advice as
soon as you possibly can. – This is why it's so important to me to get educated about this because I know from what you just said, this isn't something that
will just change my life.

It becomes compounding
for lifetimes of people who come after me in my family. – It's crazy when you think about the fact you will likely impact generations that you might not even know. Money is not just to
satisfy your own needs. Having money allows you to do other things that have even a greater good. Money is a lot more than just
what you see at face value. It has this sort of exponential impact or opportunity to change the world. If handled right, that dollar's worth a
lot more than a dollar. – And then suddenly I'm agreeing to let a stranger see all
of my financial baggage. Leave a comment below. What questions do you have
about money management and what we should be doing to set set ourselves up correctly? I'm genuinely thrilled because I know that this
is just the little seed that has been planted
for 10-year-older Joanna and 20-year-older Joanna and
as-long-as-I-live Joanna, because when you set yourself
up for success financially, you are able to really carve out what you want to experience in life.

You're not reactively living,
you're proactively living, and if this is all we get, I
want to do it as best as I can, and I want to help you guys do it too. (soft funk music).

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I Asked a Financial Advisor How to Build Wealth (ep 1)

– I love talking about money, and I've been doing it for years. Young Joanna at 17 years old, man, she was doing everything she could to be financially independent
and get rid of debt 'cause bad credit ain't cute! Funny, I was never good at math,
but I'm not bad with money! Feel that counting twice (giggles). In this video, I'm gonna break it down! This is the story of entrepreneurship. This is the American dream story. This is the art of turning
nothing into something and that something is tangible, which is this house that I'm living in. Because it's not really just about money.

I always saw money as
my ticket to freedom. As my ability to travel the world. Spend time with friends, family. Treat people I love well. Treat myself well. Spend time learning languages
or building businesses. Money to me was always the gateway to the life I have always wanted to live. But the problem? If your family has money, you
will be educated about money and therefore you will make
better financial decisions. That is not the case for somebody like me. As an immigrant, my mom was
too busy trying to survive, so thriving was never an option. So now I'm on a mission to educate myself, to give myself and everyone
watching these videos a fighting chance at
closing the wealth gap.

They don't teach you this
in school for a reason. I've partnered with Hightower Advisors to bring you a mini-series where I, Jo Franco, go into the process of actually working with
a financial advisor. And I gotta keep it real. As somebody who's bought my house in cash, bought my car in cash, and read as many books
and watched as many videos and listened to as many podcasts to start investing my own
money, I was a little skeptical. How would the advisor take me
from kitty pool money language to big boy swimming in the deep end? And that's what we're gonna figure out.

– Cue the intro, sis! ♪ You know she's not your average Jo ♪ ♪ Not your average Jo ♪ ♪ Not your average Jo ♪ Really, when we're talking about money, we're talking about freedom to choose how to spend this time
that we have on Earth and how we're gonna set up the rest of our generational wealth. Many of the people in my
life are people just like me. They are the first ones in their families to acquire good jobs and good
pensions and good savings, and we are a little lost. Here's the good news. We are living in the age of knowledge, which means that there's
more information out there about financial literacy.

– [Bob] You ask these people,
these young investors, who they listen to for
advice on investing? It's the internet. It's YouTube. – Statistically speaking,
it's never been easier to learn about money and
get yourself in the market. Back in the day, there
were all these gatekeepers, trades were really expensive, and it was something
reserved for the elite. But now with robo investment apps and all of these different softwares, you can put your money
in the market today. – Because there's a difference
between financial access and financial literacy. And so you're right, we're in a world of
amazing financial access. You can go buy some Netflix,
you can go buy some Amazon because, guess what, you don't don't even have
to buy a share of it. You can buy a fractional share of it. – That was Bob Oros. He's the CEO and Chairman
of Hightower Advisors, which is a wealth management company.

And their motto is to
build financial well-th, as in W-E-L-L-TH, for their clients because they believe
that money is not just to make someone rich, it's to help them live a richer life. – The literacy to know how to use it and how to really put
fundamental lessons in place using that access is where we're missing. We're in a world now that
there's an app for everything.

– But the truth is that
we can get caught up in a lot of hypes and we're not learning how to
nutritiously handle our money. Because the thing about money is that you're planting
seeds for your future, so yourself today is paying it
forward for your future self, so you have to think with the
wisdom of your older version, and that's a lot of reverse engineering, especially if you're doing
things with a million tabs open and DIY the way I've been doing it.

– That is a huge issue for our country, is really a lack of literacy 'cause they don't teach a lot
of this in school anymore. – And Bob would know 'cause
he manages a lot of money. – To put it in perspective,
we manage over $140 billion, so it's a lot more zeros than I probably couldn't
even conceptualize at times. But we've always tried to be the anti-Wall Street Wall Street firm. – When I told him what I do, that I make videos learning things, he wanted to give me the experience of working with an advisor
so that I would learn not only how to set myself up for success, but be able to share
this process with you. – So yes, we're in financial services and, yes, there are some
bad actors in the industry who call themselves financial advisors. And I think part of the complexity is it's easy to give yourself a title and it really comes down to
what role are you playing on behalf of the people you serve? And we are in a business where
our advisors are fiduciaries. They are legally obligated
to act in your best interest, not when it's convenient, at all times.

– And I was like, "Bob, sign me up" because from personal experience I know that if you don't have
your finances in order, you can't be taking those trips, you can't take those holidays, you can't treat your family and friends with things that they want or that you want to treat them with. It's hard to make choices when you don't have
control over your finances, and this shouldn't be something that's only reserved for the wealthy. – Not all financial advisors are bad. Most are good and really are excited for
you to tell that story.

– This statistic blew my mind. There's a statistic that
came out a couple years ago that says people are more concerned about running out of money
than they are about dying. And I was like, "whoa,
okay, we gotta fix this!" – Because I like to keep it real, I needed to get the
elephant out of the room. What is the difference between working with a financial planner versus doing it DIY? And part two of that question is do you need a certain amount of money in your account or investments to even find it valuable to you? – It's a really good question
because the great thing now is that there's so many free tools online to really get started, but it really depends on how
dedicated someone is gonna be to managing their own investments.

Part of my job is to come and
meet people where they are and say, "okay, where you are right now, the flat fee approach
makes sense to you for you" or "if going forward
you get to this level, or this is what you want to implement, then the sort of full-service approach makes a little bit more sense" because there are great websites that allow with FinTech and
with all of these resources, you can do it yourself. It's just you have to really be dedicated to holding your tax person accountable, holding your attorney accountable, making sure you're checking
in on your investments on a regular basis to
make sure they make sense.

– When do you say
somebody should be looking for a financial advisor, even if they don't come
from that money background? – And this is not self-serving,
as soon as possible. And I mean that because
there's so much power in starting out doing it right. Meaning having someone who
can help you understand how do you save effectively? How do you pay down that student debt that so many young people
are carrying with them? How do you take advantage of a 401K if you happen to be in the
workforce working for a company? And these are all lessons
that if you do things well when you're 22, 23, 24,
the power that's created, and especially the power
of compounding, it is real.

– Compounding, do not forget this word. So basically compounding is
when your assets' earnings, whether that's interest or capital gains, then get calculated back into your capital and therefore you're making
interest, or capital gains, on top of not only the principle, AKA what you first invested,
but what it yielded. So the key to compounding is time and guess who has all the time to take advantage of compounding? Young people! So the sooner you get started in managing your money and investing it, the better you are. – It's hard if you wait till you're 40 and then say, "oh, now
I'm ready for an advisor." You've just missed a
huge part of your life and a huge window.

So I believe get advice as
soon as you possibly can. – This is why it's so important to me to get educated about this because I know from what you just said, this isn't something that
will just change my life. It becomes compounding
for lifetimes of people who come after me in my family. – It's crazy when you think about the fact you will likely impact generations that you might not even know. Money is not just to
satisfy your own needs. Having money allows you to do other things that have even a greater good.

Money is a lot more than just
what you see at face value. It has this sort of exponential impact or opportunity to change the world. If handled right, that dollar's worth a
lot more than a dollar. – And then suddenly I'm agreeing to let a stranger see all
of my financial baggage. Leave a comment below. What questions do you have
about money management and what we should be doing to set set ourselves up correctly? I'm genuinely thrilled because I know that this
is just the little seed that has been planted
for 10-year-older Joanna and 20-year-older Joanna and
as-long-as-I-live Joanna, because when you set yourself
up for success financially, you are able to really carve out what you want to experience in life. You're not reactively living,
you're proactively living, and if this is all we get, I
want to do it as best as I can, and I want to help you guys do it too.

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Millionaire Grant Sabatier Reacts: Early Retirement With $2.2 Million To Live In Portugal

Hi, I'' m Give Sabatier, the creator of
Millennial Cash as well as the writer of Financial Freedom. And also today I'' m mosting likely to see this video clip,
“” Exactly how we retired early with $2.2 million to take a trip the world.”” I'' ve never seen it previously, and I'' m going to offer my response. See to it you similar to this video and subscribe to see even more of these response videos. Ready to rock and also roll? All right, let'' s do it. Pumped for this.'Because we ' ve been retired, I have been able to take a lot of time to do the important things that I wanted to do. And also that ' s the reason we began in our low cost of living nation, because they provided us a really excellent insight of where our cash is going to obtain us. Are they in Portugal? We really felt that we could readjust effectively as well as be able to live, retired this way. Points simply formed as well as we'' re. able to do more points instead of being caught up in the entire daily grind. Good work. The way of life … Relocated to Portugal. Yeah, I was right. I'' m Dianne and also I ' m Guillermo.And I was 47 when we achieved FIRE And I was 44 when I achieved FIRE. We had conserved up $2.2 million as well as chose.
to travel the globe in search of our permanently home. Portugal'' s like dishonesty when it comes.
to FIRE since I assume the cost of living is probably like 25% to 30% what.
If they'' ve saved$ 2.2 million, that. Dianne and also Guillermo have a.
lot great deal money cash conserved for for their journey.
established a little actual estate team in the USA, Northern Virginia,.
D.C.Metro location

. I was in the telecom market for over.
Two decades Did 4 years in the military in the.
Militaries. So I matured in Northern Virginia. It'' s one of the fastest expanding genuine. estate markets in the nation. I'' m guessing that in addition to obtaining.
nice huge compensations on her sales, she likewise spent in a pair investment.
residential properties. I'' m thrilled to see if that'' s the case. In 2018, our net worth was$ 2.2 million.
USD as well as currently today in 2022, our net well worth is $2.6 million.
There you go. That'' s an important point.They retired in 2018 as well as they'' ve been.
advancing market in background. And I started purchasing 2010 as well as simply.
the development of my financial investments from 2018 to 2022 has in fact outpaced theirs. They'' ve been able to take benefit.
of that uncommon opportunity. Whereas if you retire at the right time.
and also then your portfolio expands at 20% or 30% right after you retire, you have a.
lot more alternatives. My stepmother in fact was detected.
with cancer cells and also my mommy finished up having to look after.
them together with myself. As well as the week that he died, my.
mommy was detected with cancer cells. I invested even more than a year dealing with.
her. And also I realized despite the fact that I'' d constantly. wished to retire prior to 50, I just didn'' t also desire to wait any type of longer. I started actually having a look at our.
numbers.I began speaking with a monetary. expert.
I found the FIRE neighborhood and also I showed up.
It sounds like Dianne'' s actually. And also in truth, my spouse might care less.
concerning money or FIRE or economic freedom, but she was excited around.
It'' s important to keep in mind that it'' s a lot. Our strategy was to remain two years in each.
country to explore as well as see if we can locate our forever home in each country.So we did 3 years in Mexico due to the fact that of. the pandemic.
There was one added year that would.
keep. Afterwards, we wished to check out more of.
Europe. We have our money mostly in an actual.
estate market as well as in Roth IRAs. We put on'' t actually have an economic.
expert, and also we also have cash in brokerage accounts and also in high.
investment financial savings accounts. I wish they get right into their specifics of.
their realty financial investments. That'' s the initial thing that they provided. And also then the second was Roth IRAs, and also.
after that the last was brokerage. My guess is that they have a couple of.
rental buildings and also they'' re making some cash that way. Along with the cash that we conserved.
up for retired life, we kept three rental properties.Yes.

in Virginia as part of our.
investment portfolio. So we in fact offered a property in.
Alexandria, Virginia, that we were living in. I transformed $120,000 on that particular.
residential property. We acquired one in Gainesville that we.
stayed in for a number of years, which'' s one that we converted right into one.
Right here'' s one of the blunders they made. It'' s one of the fastest appreciating.
markets in the nation, extremely close to National Airport in DC, best throughout.
the Potomac River from D.C. And Alexandria building is something, at.
least in their situation, I'' d advise they hang on to as a leasing for as long as.
feasible. It'' s a lot more valuable dangling on.
it as a service for the following 20, thirty years than it was marketing for $100,000 to.
$ 150,000 in profit.So our common expenses in the United States before. We have actually just been in Portugal about 6.
months currently. So they'' re still residing in a high,.
expensive location for much less than $100,000 a year, but certainly cutting their.
costs considerably. My hunch is they can have FIRE'' d perhaps. 3, 4 or 5 years earlier. And also I ask yourself why they in fact made a decision.
to be more conservative.I invested time

in Lisbon myself, and also. it was tough to invest cash there. Especially when you can eat those fresh. sardines for like EUR1 per bushel and also
get a container of white wine for EUR2 or less. So I ' m in fact interested just how they ' re. spending a lot money unless they have a really baller house, which it doesn ' t. appear like from this video clip they have.
That understands, possibly they ' ve got some. secret splurges and they ' re really right into scuba diving or something. I ' ve been getting right into crypto,'so I may. be finding out regarding that even more or heading out as well as taking different lessons. whether it ' s languages or scuba'diving or yoga exercise. Oh, look at that. Diving. He called it. Something that'' s going on that we function.
into our daily regimens. Now, we'' re ruling out relocating.
back to the US.But something we'' ve discovered in life is.
never state never. So we'' re really looking extra at Eastern. Europe, Southeast Asia, potentially South America. And we'' ll proceed our.
journeys until we locate our little item of heaven. Yeah, they'' re feeling really
favorable. today because their investment portfolio has actually grown over $400,000 given that.
they reached FIRE and also retired early in 2018. They have a YouTube channel that'' s. most likely making some cash. Therefore they'' re expressing this incredibly.
favorable reaction. After having that development, their.
portfolios probably dropped about 20% this year, which is much more than.
would certainly have appreciated.So I ' d be interested to see if they ' re. still inevitably feeling by doing this, however in general, they ' re in a truly fantastic. setting.
The biggest point is maintain discovering,.
keep an open mind. You don'' t need to choose your for life.
home. And also in truth, maybe you should toss that.
suggestion out the window. They have tremendous flexibility and.
flexibility. They spend their time doing things.
that they like. They like discovering new points. You can truly do that throughout the.
world. With 1 being terrible, 10 being fantastic. I'' m going to clock Dianne as well as Guillermo.
at a solid 8.75. I believe they'' ve done quite a lot.
everything right. And in truth, perhaps way too much right. And also I would motivate them not to be too.
beholden to their spreadsheets and maybe take a bit a lot more dangers in their.
life.Maybe invest

a little bit even more money, if.
Well, that'' s about it. For even more terrific video clips, make certain you.
subscribe below to CNBC Keep it. Take a look at my book, “” Financial Freedom,””.
available on Amazon or your neighborhood book shop. And take a look at.
MillennialMoney.com to find out how to make, conserve as well as invest more money so you.
can construct a life you enjoy.

I'' m Dianne as well as I ' m Guillermo.And I was 47 when we attained FIRE And I was 44 when I attained FIRE. It'' s one of the fastest growing genuine. Below'' s one of the blunders they made. I ' m actually interested exactly how they ' re. That understands, maybe they ' ve obtained some.

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I Found Saddam Hussein’s Abandoned Palace (Iraq)

(eerie songs).
– This is actually one of the creepiest locations I'' ve ever been. I ' m like looking over my shoulder due to the fact that I'' m waiting on like a carcass to drop on me or something. – Saddam made use of to sit on.
this massive golden throne. – Exactly. That'' s where he utilized to hang. out and speak with his family and also friends and also loved ones. (man speaking in foreign language) It'' s like Nazi (beep). It'' s like Hitler (beep). Shukran. What'' s up, everyone? My name is Drew Binsky. Today, I am in Babylon in.
the central component of Iraq, and also I am exploring Saddam.
Hussein'' s former palace. It is mind blowing. I spent the last hr and also a fifty percent right here, as well as I'' m gon na take you men all.
around this deserted place, which was when an attractive.
royal residence, not as well long earlier. (remarkable music) – [Drew Voiceover] After a.
couple of days of checking out Baghdad, which was absolutely nothing short of incredible, the actual Iraqi journey has actually simply started. Our trip continued southbound to Babylon, an area I first found out about in my grade school classroom. Ends up it'' s among the most magnificent.
locations I'' ve ever gone to on world earth.Babylonian history that dates. back to the 19th century BC. And also, at one point, it was.
the biggest city on the planet with 200,000 locals. Today, just ruins remain, but they continue lots of.
tales of the Bible, the world'' s initially known civil code, and the death location of.
Alexander the Great. I'' m saving the rest of Babylon for next Sunday'' s video clip, where I stray deep into.
the ancient walls as well as ruins. The story you'' re gon na. find out about right currently takes a bit of a left turn and is most likely as weird as.
any tale I'' ve ever before informed you.- Regarding to head inside of.
Saddam Hussein'' s previous royal residence, which is now a huge, empty.
structure, yet a brand-new structure, since it was just built.
a pair decades back. Wow. I'' d be lying to you if I didn'' t say it was a little bit terrifying strolling around this palace since there ' s dark rooms almost everywhere.
I feel like a body is. gon na be hanging someplace or someone ' s gon na jump.
out at you or something. I have that instinct.
His policy was a repressive dictatorship and also was noted by costly.
as well as not successful wars versus surrounding countries, along with genocides.
against minority groups, like the Kurdish. The overall variety of Iraqis.
eliminated during Saddam'' s regimen is estimated at over a quarter million. As well as rightfully so, he was publicly performed in 2006, after being convicted of.
criminal offenses against humankind by the Iraqi court. In various other words, the exact same individuals who chose.
him right into power are the ones that eliminated him. Throughout his years in power, Saddam was notorious for.
building substantial palaces across Iraq as an indicator of supremacy and also as a means to leave his legacy.One of those

palaces.
ignored the old damages of Babylon and also we essentially discovered it as we drove into the region. – It'' s really, truly grand. This area is impressive, majestic. Currently all vandalized, of program, because after Saddam'' s autumn as well as fatality, individuals just took whatever of value and simply vandalized the area, paint on the wall surfaces, broke the windows. – [Drew] You can.
really feel how huge it as soon as was. – Super majestic.
– What, just thirty years earlier? 40 years back?
For anybody who enjoys to check out locations, this is like a play area. Everything is just complete cleaned, old. I was informed by residents that Saddam Hussein invested.
10s of countless dollars building this titan, as well as I indicate giant, complicated that rests on top of.
an artificially-made hillside with the most effective views of Babylon. – Wow, take a look at this. This project was not only patriotic, but likewise narcissistic, as you can see by the many.
faces of him at the entryway. In significance, Saddam.
tried to reconstruct Babylon and he desired every Iraqi to know it.

– This is crazy. Wow. – [Drew Voiceover] Now, 18 years after Saddam'' s fall from power, his palace has come to be completely abandoned. All the rooms are still undamaged, however damaged glass and also graffiti.
are found everywhere. The truth that we were the just.
ones there made it scary to experience and also I truthfully.
There'' s an insane. I'' m not going in there. Why do you assume that'' s. the method to obtain upstairs?
– Careful, it'' s complete of. You have to be actually. And also clearly, this place, I visualize is full of rats '' reason all this darkness and filth.
– Hidden chamber. Surprise chamber? Whoa, guy.
A concealed.
chamber in Saddam'' s royal residence.- We ' re essentially in a tiny hidden chamber walking on water bottles. (canteen crunching) This place just shrieks.
Unusual. We'' re going up once again. Check out the rooms there?
– Yeah, allow'' s go. Pitch black. Do you wan na go in?
– It'' s possibly simply like. Attempting to get on the top, on the rooftop. We had to go with all.
of these insane little windows and doors to obtain up right here. I believe this is the spot, male. Are we gon na get shouted.
How (beep) cool is this area? I'' m really impressed. If you like dark tourist, this place is one of the 10 finest things I'' ve ever done.
Monrovia, we traveled. What'' s insane is all the.
over the last couple of years, people coming here and also simply creating stuff. I put on'' t know what it claims,.
'' reason it'' s all in Arabic, however it ' s truly fascinating exactly how artistic this place has ended up being. Love deserted places. Whenever I obtain the chance to discover them, constantly do it. – [Drew Voiceover] What a crazy experience the last 2 hrs of my life has been.My adrenaline is still pumping and also I wear ' t recognize if I ' ll. ever before witness something this unusual ever before again.- This is probably the coolest abandoned. building I ' ve ever remained in. And also I did this video clip quickly. It ' s actually just a sneak peek. There ' s a lot even more to see,. a great deal more areas to go in, yet truth be told I have actually a. lot more of Babylon to explore as well as the sun is going down. I wanted to simply make a, simply a story separately on. Saddam Hussein ' s palace. Definitely mind blowing area. Hope you men appreciated this video. Stay tuned for even more content all around Iraq on Instagram, @drewbinsky. Send me a message there. Would certainly enjoy to hear from you men and also relocating onwards to the following. Later on, Saddam. Tranquility. Promptly, prior to you go. If you ' re trying to connect with me and I haven ' t responded. the most effective way to do so is by in fact texting my. phone,( 310 )349-3854.
I am going one by one as well as replying to all. your messages on there.

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As well as I likewise give a lot of.
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have a fantastic day individuals, and also I ' ll see you following.
week for even more Iraq video clips.( soft songs) Okay.
The final checkpoint, which I failed to, I believed we ' d currently had the final one. It was a little bit a lot more extreme.'They held us for regarding five mins, asked a lot of questions,. show the ticket, reveal the COVID examination. And after that all the smiles came when
they saw his passport.Oh, he ' s from Spain. Oh, Barcelona or Madrid, every time.- Each and every single time. It

' s a blessing, guy.- You ' re so fortunate. – I ' m truly blessed.
(beep) concerning football, as any kind of American'doesn ' t. This person. If he'' s a Barcelona fan, I toss him off, saying.
that kinda solution so. – No, yet it still eases the discussion since it'' s extremely stressful. when you first draw over. And after that all of an unexpected you'' re Habibi and smiling and laughing.I ' m Drew Binsky, and also if. you like my traveling videos,
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I'' d be lying to you if I didn'' t state it was a little bit terrifying strolling around this palace because there ' s dark rooms all over.
' reason it'' s all in Arabic, yet it ' s really interesting how artsy this area has become. What a crazy experience the last two hours of my life has been.My adrenaline is still pumping as well as I wear ' t understand if I ' ll. If you ' re trying to get in touch with me and I place ' t responded. As well as then all of a sudden you'' re Habibi as well as grinning as well as laughing.I ' m Drew Binsky, as well as if.

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